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Location:

Pleasanton,CA,US

Member Since:

May 01, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

1M 4:53.2

5k 17:19 Spring 2009

5M 28:52

10M 59:47 (on way to my half PR)

13.1 1:18:47 2009 New Bedford Half Marathon

26.2 2:57:55 2008 Mohawk Hudson River Marathon

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Train for pacific crest trail thru hike 2017.

Run lots of miles and lose some weight in the process.

DON'T FALL OFF THE WAGON

Extend childhood (at least from fitness perspective) into my mid 40's

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

 

I want to beat my half marathon PR. And if I'm in shape to do that then I should be able to crush my marathon PR.

Personal:

31y/o computational biologist. Hoping to take 5 months off next year to hike the PCT.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
11.750.000.000.000.0011.75

AM: Finally got hit by a car.  Ive been waiting for this to happen for years.  Im not hurt.  It was pretty funny really.  The idiot was making a right turn onto the street i was running on so he was just looking left.  I thought he saw me but there he went and down I went on the hood of his car.  I half bounced, half rolled off the hood and just kept running without even looking back.  Other than that Im feeling decent but calorie deprived. Perfect...

 PM: tired. hardly ate today lol. yay

Weight: 165.00Calories: 1350.00
Comments
From Henry on Wed, May 19, 2010 at 01:02:26 from 99.150.121.51

bahhh eat a little moreee lol

anyway, their plan is like building up from 30 to 70 miles a week over the summer where their easy runs are like 7 min pace, then there are interspersed "steady" runs (6:30-45 pace i think, maybe 6:15-30...), tempos in the middle of longer runs (like 3 miles of tempo in 8-mile run, longer tempo as summer goes on, pace at 5k plus 30 seconds per mile), and some workouts/races in there. i will try to run as much as i can with my buddy, just easier to have the same schedule. but he'll be lifting and doing core and stuff, while i'll do easy miles to get a higher weekly mileage and maybe i'll throw in weekend core. it's all up in the air, i'll re-evaluate in like a week and a half lol...

From wheaton on Wed, May 19, 2010 at 14:28:00 from 68.1.178.103

whatever, you just want me to stay fat and slow. But really I did eat more today. Still very little but yesterday I probably barely covered the calories i burned running. So that leaves about 2000 deficit. Too much deficit I realize. Should probably only have 1000 cal daily deficit max (2lb per week lost). But I am getting through my runs and feeling better every day so something is working.

From Henry on Wed, May 19, 2010 at 18:32:32 from 75.34.60.247

sounds better about the eating! lol

yea, this plan seems rough, we'll see how it goes. i'll try it a couple weeks and if it's too much i'll rethink things, probably change over to what you're doing

From big legs on Thu, May 20, 2010 at 00:37:46 from 173.2.120.87

i can't believe you got hit by a car and didn't even acknowledge that the driver hit you. it doesn't sound like it did any damage which is good. hopefully you put a dent in his car. you're pretty big right now so i'm sure you did. i saw your goal is to beat me in the mohawk 1/2 marathon. we'll see...

From wheaton on Thu, May 20, 2010 at 17:20:07 from 68.1.178.103

Thanks for telling me im so big, biglegs. I recall that you were 165-168lbs for our marathon. Have you lost any weight? Yes my goal is to beat you and henry at the half. If I can run anywhere near my PR then that shouldnt be a problem. Ive got you by about 5 minutes and henry by about 7 minutes. The key to my running success is my weight. So I am on a super calorie restricted diet right now. Ive done it before successfully and I can do it again.

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